Companies build on community spirit.Byline: Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson (born November 20 1973 in Burnley, Lancashire) is a motorcycle racer who won the 2000 British Superbike championship and the 2003 Superbike World MERSEYSIDE companies have joined together to help their communities. In Good Company is a new scheme launched by the Bootle-based Community Foundation for Merseyside. The foundation will advise corporate members joining the scheme on a range of issues, from charitable giving to how to deliver corporate social responsibility initiatives. Founder members include blue chip organisations like The Co-operative Bank, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , Liverpool John Moores University Originally founded as a small mechanics institution (Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts) in 1825, the institution grew over the centuries by converging and amalgamating with different colleges and eventually became the Liverpool Polytechnic. , Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service The Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England and is the statutory firefighting and rescue service responsible for all 999 fire brigade calls in Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Liverpool and and Southport radio station Dune FM. Jack Miller, Community Foundation corporate fundraising officer, said: "In Good Company is good for the community, it's good for staff morale and it's good for business. "It is so much more than simply a membership scheme. It's a campaign to engage the businesses of Merseyside with their customers within the local community." Banking group HSBC's commercial manager Alison Clare added: "The Community Foundation for Merseyside is making a real difference across Merseyside and HSBC is proud to say we are helping to create new opportunities for thousands of people across the region. "In Good Company has given HSBC the opportunity to meet like-minded companies, those companies that want to help their community and give something back to the area in which we operate - the area our staff are from and the area where our past, present and future customers live." A series of events for members to develop the In Good Company drive will be staged in the coming months. More information is available at www.cfmerseyside.org.uk CAPTION(S): ALL TOGETHER NOW: The Green Machine community garden at Upton supported by the Community Foundation |
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